NSUKKA ------------ The Senate of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, has approved the rustication of two students over examination malpractice bothering on impersonation.
The University Senate made the approval during its 407the meeting in the university..
A memo signed by the University's Registrar, dated July 16, 2021, noted that the two students were found guilty of impersonation, which fell under Category "A" Offence, in line with Chapter 3.9 of the Undergraduate Academic Regulations.
Sources told Southeast Post online newspaper that the 400 level student, Ethel Oparaeke, with registration Number:2016/231502, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, was nabbed while impersonating an external student, Success Ethel Okorie, with Registration Number:2015/203688, Department of Political Science, on a General Studies, GS, Course.
Okorie was supposed to have graduation during the last convocation of the University but could not because for some of the some of the courses she failed.
According to the memorandum from the Senate the Heads of Departments, HODs, of the two departments were directed to take appropriate action and inform the concerned students accordingly.
The memo read in part, "This is to inform you that the Senate at its 407 meeting held on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, considered its Paper 405/17 which contained the recommendation of its Examination Malpractices Committee, and approved that the underlisted two students should be expelled from the University having been found guilty of impersonation under Category "A" Offence, in line with chapter 3.9 of the Undergraduate Academic Regulations.
"You are required to take action in line with the above decision of the Senate and inform all concerned accordingly."
Reacting to the development, the HOD of Sociology and Anthropology, UNN, Prof. Peter Ezeh, told Southeast Post online newspaper that he had received a memo which notified him of the expulsion of one his students, Oparaeke from the Senate.
Exeh said, "I can confirm that I was given a memo to that effect. She went to help someone at the Political Science Department of the same university and was caught on examination malpractice. I blamed her for involving herself in such act.
"It was after she was expelled that she came up to tell me. She never told me that the Senate was sitting on her case until it was announced. It was a childish decision on her part. The weaker student from Political Science is the one she went to help when an invigilator caught her."
